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Famed Iranian Filmmaker Is Killed in His Home

Famed Iranian Filmmaker Is Killed in His Home NY Times By Leily Nikounazar Oct. 15, 2023, 8:13 a.m. ET Dariush Mehrjui, a prominent Iranian filmmaker, was...

Rumi in America

Rumi in America Iron.com By Majid Naficy Oct 2nd 2023 Majid Naficy During the first half of twentieth century the six volumes of Rumi’s Masnavi and...

Israeli-Iranian movie filmed undercover to avoid suspicion

Israeli-Iranian movie filmed undercover to avoid suspicion Reuters By Crispian Balmer September 3, 2023 VENICE, Sept 3 (Reuters) – The first production co-directed by Iranian...

“Angels Tapping at the Wine-Shop’s Door”

“Angels Tapping at the Wine-Shop’s Door: History of Alcohol in the Islamic World” Book by Rudi Matthee Review by: David Chaffetz 26 May 2023...

The manifestation of art and wealth in front of the panorama of austerity and poverty

TEHRAN AUCTION: The manifestation of art and wealth in front of the panorama of austerity and poverty By: Ali A Kiafar, PhD, REFP The...

Sanaz Toossi on Her Pulitzer: ‘This Signals to Iranians Our Stories Matter’

Sanaz Toossi on Her Pulitzer: ‘This Signals to Iranians Our Stories Matter’ NY Times By Michael Paulson May 9, 2023, 6:08 p.m. ET Sanaz Toossi had...

Veteran Iranian filmmaker Kiumars Pourahmad passes away

Veteran Iranian filmmaker Kiumars Pourahmad passes away Mehr News -April 5th 2023 Pourahmad’s wife confirmed the news in a brief conversation with Mehr News...

Banned Iranian filmmaker portrays her version of Iran-Iraq war

Banned Iranian filmmaker portrays her version of Iran-Iraq war Reuters- Feb17th 2023 By James Iman BERLIN Feb 17 (Reuters) – Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi’s...

The Iranian Poet Who Became an American Action Painter

A new book introduces two Manoucher Yektais: the stateless, anti-historical Modernist painter and the poet writing narrative verse exclusively in Farsi.